| Title: |
Clayton Hall, Lancashire. Archaeological Evaluation and Fabric Survey |
| Number of Pages: |
63 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in advance of a programme of landscaping. The site contained a moat, moated platform, feeder channels, and two fishponds, all of which were components of a SAM. Within the moat was the ruined remains of the former Clayton Hall, which was constructed in the late 16th or 17th century and was demolished in 1976. Earlier evaluation had furnished important details of the site, but a number of questions remained, particularly in respect to the southern side of the moat. In order to address these questions four evaluation trenches were excavated placed across the projected line of the moat. The moat was identified in three of the trenches, and the evaluation was able to establish the course of the moat in this southern sector. In the fourth trench, in the south-eastern section of the course of the moat, no moat or ditch was identified. The trench was, however, approximately adjacent to a tree-lined avenue leading towards the moat and it was believed that this was the location of an original causeway across the moat. A programme of clearance, fabric recording, and consolidation of the demolished hall was undertaken. A fabric survey of the exposed plan of Clayton Hall was undertaken after site clearance. The building plan and exposed elevations were recorded and the results were subject to basic analysis. Following the fabric recording, a programme of consolidation was undertaken, which was intended to stabilise the masonry exposed by the clearance, to make the structure safe, and to protect the ruins from damage resulting from visitor pressure. During the latter part of the consolidation programme, a further two trenches were excavated in order to investigate the foundations of the building and the potential for earlier structures on the site. They revealed the foundations of an earlier structure against the southern section of the east wall, but no earlier structural remains were found beneath or adjacent to the northern section of the same wall. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
S McPhilips
D Ellsworth
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| Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology (North)
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| Year of Publication: |
2002
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Clayton Hall |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Late 16th (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 17th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2002
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: CLAYTON HALL
Study area:
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Chorley
Monument: [finds]. Medieval (1066-1540), FEATURE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), BUILDING. Post-medieval (1540-1901), CULVERT. UNDATED, DITCH. Medieval (1066-1540), MOAT. UNDATED, WALL. UNDATED, [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: SD56462205
Parish: Clayton-le-Woods
Postcode: PR255RJ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
